F1 has decided to trial a tweaked qualifying format at two races this year. As previously reported by Autosport, the first trial is taking place at May’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola.In a bid to reduce the number of tyres used at grands prix, the experiment involves reducing the Read more
Grand prix racing had been around for nearly half a century before the arrival of Formula 1. The inaugural world championship in 1950 is often used as a starting point, but there had been plenty of brilliant machines and epic races already.The rules were modified regularly from the inaugural French Read more
Alpine’s form was one of the main question marks after pre-season testing, in which it didn’t set fast times on Pirelli’s softest compounds.But the race weekend revealed only a glimpse about Alpine’s true place in the pecking order as both Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly ran into issues.Ocon qualified ninth Read more
The 2009 F1 world champion and Sky TV pundit says that Sakhir was only one sample venue, and that the balance of power may change at other circuits as the season unfolds.Button, whose entry into the NASCAR Cup with a three-race programme of road courses was announced yesterday, says the Read more
Upon his arrival at the team in 2019, McLaren’s former boss Andreas Seidl pushed for the construction of a new state-of-the-art wind tunnel and simulator after the Woking team’s ageing infrastructure had fallen behind compared to that of its rivals.The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant delays in both projects, with the Read more
Matters were not made easy for him as a shorter DRS zone, and Aston Martin’s relative lack of straightline speed, meant there was no chance of easily passing on the straight.Instead, Alonso pulled off some great overtaking moves, which included a brilliant dive down the inside of Lewis Hamilton at Read more
The new design, which is intended to clean up the airflow to the wing, triggered a DRS issue when it was trialled on the final day of testing.When it was tried again in the Friday FP1 session, TV coverage showed it oscillating in dramatic fashion, and it was quickly replaced Read more
Mercedes introduced its widebody chassis blister solution as part of a larger package of updates for the W13 at last season’s British Grand Prix, and it continues to use the solution this year too.The blister pack, which was added to the sides of the Alfa C43’s chassis in Bahrain – Read more
Team boss Toto Wolff promised at the car’s launch last month that a revised sidepod design was already on the way, one that would the car move away from the ‘size-zero’ design carried over from last year’s W13.After a disappointing performance in Bahrain, Wolff suggested that the concept of the Read more